The 1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1917 college football season. The 1917 season was Dan McGugin's 14th year as head coach.
Cartoon published in the Technique following Vanderbilt's loss to Georgia Tech
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Daniel Earle McGugin was an American college football player and coach, as well as a lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and
1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
…The 1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1917 college football season. The 1917 season was Dan McGugin's 14th year as head coach. The south's first national champion Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its biggest loss in school history, 83 to 0. Vandy captain…
McGugin cropped from 1903 Michigan Wolverines team photograph
McGugin on the sidelines
McGugin, c. 1921
"McGugin stood out in the South like Gulliver among the native sons of Lilliput" said sportswriter Fuzzy Woodruff.